National Republican., 1887-09-19

Acban cannot steal the Babylonish garment |
without getting stoned to death, nor Benedict |
his neck stretched, hook over the DO. |
lice arrests = these thieves, these bur.
glars, these adulterers, these counterfeiters,
these highwayman, these assassins They all |
thought they could bury their inqulty so
deep down that 1t would never come TO- resur-
rectioD. But there was some shoe that an
swered to the print IN the sand. some false keys
found in possession, some bloody kulfe that
whispered of the deed, and the public indiy-
nation, and the anathema ofoutraged law,
hurled him into the tombs or hoisted him on
the ghllows AT the close OF the battle be-
tween the Dauphin Of France aud the Helve-
tians, Burohard Monk was 80 elated with the
upon the field, when wounded soldier
hurled a stone that struck his uncoy.
cred forehead aud he fell. Sin will al
Is no safety In iniquity. Francis tho
First, king Of France was discussing how 1t was
best to get his army into Italy, Amaril, tho
said to the king and bis stat officers You
had better be thinking how you win get your
army back out of Italy. after once you have en-
get into sin than to get out Of 1t. Whte6ed
was riding on horseback In lonely way with
some missionary money In q sack fastened to
from the thcket and put his hand out toward
the gold when lWhite1eld turned upon him
and said; THAT belongs TO the Lord Jesus
fell back empty handed into the thicket. o,
the power OF oonsol encei II offended, il be.
comes Gods ayenging minister. Do not think
sin in your hearts, In an unguarded moment IL
will slip of of the lip, or some slight occasion
may for moment set ajar this door of hell
that you wanted to keep closed: But suppose
that In this life you hide 1t, aud you get along
with that transgres. ion burning In your hesrt
as ship on fire within, for days you may hinder
the flame from bursting out by keeping down
the hatcbways, yet at last, In the Judgment,
that iniqnity will blaze out before the throne
OF God and the universe.
Furthermore, learn from this subject the in
separable connection between oil events, how
ever remote. Lord Hastings was beheadrd one
queens children, in the very month. the very
day, the very hour, and the very moment.
There is n wonderful precision In the Divine
judgments. The universe is only one thought
of God. Those things which seem fragmentary
one great thought how far apart seemed
these two events-Joseph sold to the Arabian
merchants and the rnlership of Egypt Yet
are linked together. You who ara
aged can look back and i group together thou;
isolated. One undivided chain of events
reached from the garden Of Eden to the cross
OF Calvary, and thus up TO heaven. There is
relation between the smallest insect that huns
| In the summer air and the archangel on his
| throne. God can trace direct ancestral line
from the blue jay that last spring built its nest
| flock of birds which when Noah holsted the
ark's window, with whirl and dash of bright
wings, went out 70 sing oyer Mount Ararat
| The tulips that bloomed this summer In the
flower bed were nursed Of last winters snow
| flakes. The furtherest star on one side the
universe could not look to the furtherest
are no relation TO me;' for from that
bright orb voice OF light would ring
across the heavens responding. "Yes, yes; we
| are sisters" Sir Sidney Smith IN prison was
| playing lawn tennis in the yard and the ball
flew over the wall. Another ball containing
letters was thrown back, aud SO communiea:
| Sidney Smith escaped In time to defeat Bona
1 par,e's Egyptian expedition What small
accident connected with what vast result
Sir Robert Peel from pattern he drew on the
the back OF pewter dinner. plate got sugges-
tions of that which led TO the important In.
yention by which calico Is printed. Nothing
dents are only Gods way OF turning a leaf In
the book of his eternal DEGREES. From onr
cradle to our grave there Is path all marked
Connected conf % With every every other event in our our life.
Our loss may be the most direct road to our
gain. Our defeats and victories are. twin
| changed by something which at the time
seemed to you trife, while some occurrence
which seemed tremendous affected you but
| little. The Rev. DR.. Kennedy, Of Basking
| Ridge, N. j., went into his pulpit one Sabbath
and by strange freak of memory forgot his
subject and forgot his text, and IN great en-
Il
1 nounced the circumstance and declared him
self entirely unable to preach; then launched
forth In a few earnest words OF entreaty and
| OF the mightiest revival ever known In that
state: a revival of religion that resulted
IN churches still standing and in the conver-
| sion of large number of men who entered
the Gospel ministry who have brought their
thousands into the kingdom of God. Gods
| plans are magnificent beyond all comprehen-
sion. He molds us, turns and directs us, and
| we know 1t not, Thousands OF years are to
Him but as the flight Of a shuttle. The most
terrific occurrence does not make God tremble,
and the most triumphant achievement does
| not lift Him into rapture. That one great
thought of God goes on through the centuries
and nations rise and fall, and eras pass and
the world itself changes, but God still keeps
| the undivided mastery, linking event to event
and century to century. To God they are all
one event, one history, one plan, one develop
| ment, one system. Great aud marvellous are
thy works, Lord God Almighty.
Furthermore, we learn from this story the
propriety of laying up for the future During
seven years Of plenty Joseph prepared for the
famine, and when 1t came he had q crowded
stOrehouse: The life Of most men in worldly
| respect is divided into years of plenty and
mns SsSSs at 1s ss,, any @an
| plenty. During these seven prosperous years
your business bears a rich harvest. You
hardly know where all the money comes from,
seems to turn into gold. You contract few
bad debts. You are astounded with large
dividends. You invest more and more capital.
You wonder how men can be content with a
small business gathering IN only a hundred
dollars where you reap your thousands. These
are the seven years Of plenty. Now Joseph, is
sick; you wifi be unfortunate; you will be de-
frauded; you will be disappointed; you win be
old. and ifyou have no storehouse upon which
| to fall back you may be famine struck. We
have no admiration for this denying ones self
fall present comfort and luxury for the mere
pleasure OF boarding up, this grasping for the
can get this always being poor and cramped
because as soon ss a dollar comes In 1t
is sent out to :see II II can't find another
dollar 70 carry home on Us back but there is
an intelligent and noble-minded forecast
which we love TO see In men who have fami-
lies and kindred dependent upon them for the
US to the insects fora lesson, which, while
they do not stint themselves Ia the present,
do not foraet their duty TO forestAll the future
go to the ant. thou sluggard. consider hsr
ways and be wise, which, having no guide,
overseer. or ruler, proyideth her meat In the
summer and gathereth her food In the har-
ing up money; the one BY investing It In
stock and depositing 1t In banks and loaning
II on bond and mortgage. The other way of
safest who makes both OF these Investments.
| But the man who devotes none of his gain to
the cause of Christ and thinks only Of his own
how bis % money Is nvesea led SHE He acted @ as sahe the
rose If 1t should say: II will hold my breath
and no one shall have snatch OF fragrance
from me until next week, and then will set all
the garden afoat with the aroma" Tie time
| comes, but having been without fragrance for
SO long, Il has nothing then to give. But
above all, lay up treasures in heaven. They
never depreciate In value. They never
are at discount They are
| always available. You may feel safe now with
your present yearly income, but what will such
| an income be worth after you are dead. Others
will get IT, Perhaps some of them will quarrel
aboufit before you are buried, They will be
waiting for you TO die. What then will all
your accumulation be worth II you could
gather II all into your bosom and walk up with
your admission, or, II allowed to enter, II could
not buy you a crown or robe, and the poorest
saint In heaven would look down aud say,
| "Where did that psuper come fromP'